Okinawa Diary
This diary was begun on the day we sighted Okinawa, May 6, 1945. It was closed on the evening of December 24, 1945, the day I arrived home, service discharge in hand, in time to celebrate Christmas Eve…
Okinawa Diary
Okinawa Diary (pdf)
- First entry: 5/6/45 – Today we’re in the waters west of Okinawa in the Ryuku Group. Everybody’s up early. Its still dark and off to the east star shells flare up where the fighting is going on.…